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87 pp. Folding color lithographed map. (8vo) 22.7x14.7 cm. (9x5¾"), disbound. First Edition.

Government printing of the proposal for and constitution of the separate state of Sequoyah, comprising Indian Territory, without additional parts of Oklahoma. In his discussion of the separate 1905 Muskogee printing of the constitution (which contained a map virtually identical to that in the present copy), Streeter writes "This was an attempt by the Five Civilized Tribes and some white inhabitants of Indian Territory to forestall the creation of one state out of Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory. The Convention met at Muskogee, 21 August 1905, and the constitution worked out by a committee of fifty was adopted 8 September. It was submitted to popular vote in the 7 November 1905 election, and carried by an overwhelming vote. All this was to no avail, for the act creating the present state of Oklahoma became law 16 June 1906..." The present memorial was an attempt to forestall the act. Streeter goes on to note "This is one of the cases, and I can think of no other, where a separate region seeking statehood and adopting a constitution was finally denied statehood by Congress. The map of great interest. It divides the Indian Territory into nearly fifty counties but very few of the county names or event the boundaries can be found on today's map of that part of Oklahoma..." The map is titled "State of Sequoya... Compiled from United States Geological Survey Map of Indian Territory... by D.W. Bolish, Civil Engineer, Muskogee..." 59th Congress, 1st session Senate Doc. 143; Howes S295; (Streeter Sale 605).